7.5
CWE
400
Advisory Published
Updated

CVE-2017-12805

First published: Thu May 09 2019(Updated: )

ImageMagick is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in the function ReadTIFFImage. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.

Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
ImageMagick ImageMagick=7.0.6-6
redhat/ImageMagick 6.9.9<6
6
redhat/ImageMagick 7.0.6<6
6
IBM Data Risk Manager<=2.0.6
debian/imagemagick
8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3+deb11u4
8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3+deb11u3
8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u2
8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u1
8:6.9.13.12+dfsg1-1
8:7.1.1.39+dfsg1-2

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is CVE-2017-12805?

    CVE-2017-12805 is a memory exhaustion vulnerability found in the function ReadTIFFImage in ImageMagick 7.0.6-6.

  • How does CVE-2017-12805 affect ImageMagick?

    CVE-2017-12805 can cause a denial of service in ImageMagick by crashing the application.

  • How can the CVE-2017-12805 vulnerability be exploited?

    The CVE-2017-12805 vulnerability can be exploited by persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file.

  • What is the severity of CVE-2017-12805?

    CVE-2017-12805 has a severity score of 7.5, classified as high.

  • How can I fix CVE-2017-12805 in ImageMagick?

    To fix CVE-2017-12805 in ImageMagick, you should apply the available patches or updates provided by the vendor, such as IBM, Red Hat, Ubuntu, or Debian.

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